Melide, Spain

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Vigo, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: VGO (VGO), 20 km.

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About Melide

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (239°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (59°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 18). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 17°C in June, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, April, September and October, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Vigo, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: VGO (VGO), 20 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to VGO, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). About 7 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Melide.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Vigo, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: VGO (VGO), 20 km.
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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Melide, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	20, too small	3 ft10 shollow	175kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore	22°C
Mon 19Oct	26, too small	4 ft13 shollow	463kJ	wind from the north, 9 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	37, fair	5 ft11 shollow	576kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore	16°C
Wed 21Oct	54, good	8 ft8 scrumbling	824kJ	wind from the north-east, 2 knots, offshore	16°C
Thu 22Oct	36, fair	7 ft9 scrumbling	844kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 8 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	55, good	12 ft10 scrumbling	2,263kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	16°C
Sat 24Oct	57, good	8 ft9 scrumbling	799kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	16°C
Sun 25Oct	55, good	9 ft9 scrumbling	1,070kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	17°C
Mon 26Oct	56, good	7 ft8 smushy	540kJ	wind from the south, 3 knots	19°C
Tue 27Oct	59, good	8 ft8 scrumbling	711kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots	18°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to VGO, changing at MAD, then 40 min by road. About 17h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Melide
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Melide
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Melide
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Melide
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 12 ft at 10 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Melide
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to VGO, changing at MAD, then 40 min by road. About 17h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £710–£1,385 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to VGO, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£390–£810
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£35–£55
Food	7 days eating out	£175–£330
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£75–£125
Total		£710–£1,385

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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